{
  "latestAsOf": "2026-08-01",
  "firstAsOf": "2025-11-24",
  "releaseCount": 9,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-safety-regulator-building-control-approval-application-data",
  "sourceDetail": "Building Safety Regulator, building control approval application data",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-10",
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "gateway-2-approval-time",
      "figure": "22 weeks",
      "headline": "Gateway 2 approval for a new higher-risk building takes a median of 22 weeks.",
      "context": "That is BSR's median approval time for new-build higher-risk building applications in the 12-week rolling period to 1 August 2026, alongside an approval rate of 91%. Gateway 2 is the mandatory stop/go point an HRB project must clear before construction can begin, so this is the wait a scheme has to plan around.",
      "method": "Read from the 'Approval weeks' and approval-rate tiles of the new-build section of BSR's most recent monthly release."
    },
    {
      "id": "approval-rate-trend",
      "figure": "10% \u2192 91%",
      "headline": "New-build gateway 2 approval rates have risen from 10% to 91% since 22 December 2025.",
      "context": "Across the 8 monthly releases BSR has published since 22 December 2025, the rolling approval rate for new-build applications has climbed steadily. The rejection rate that dominated coverage of the regime's first year is not what the current data shows.",
      "method": "Approval-rate tile from the new-build section of each release, ordered by the 'all data as of' date each release states."
    },
    {
      "id": "remediation-lag",
      "figure": "12 weeks",
      "headline": "Remediation applications wait 12 weeks longer at gateway 2 than new builds.",
      "context": "External remediation work takes a median of 34 weeks to approve, against 22 weeks for new build, at an approval rate of 85%. The buildings waiting longest for a decision are the ones that already have a safety problem.",
      "method": "Difference between the 'Approval weeks' tiles of the remediation and new-build sections of the most recent release."
    },
    {
      "id": "applications-in-progress",
      "figure": "461",
      "headline": "461 new-build and remediation applications were sitting in the gateway 2 system at 1 August 2026.",
      "context": "These are live applications awaiting a decision. Each one is a project that cannot start or continue construction until BSR determines it.",
      "method": "Sum of the 'In progress' (earlier releases: 'Live') tiles for the new-build and remediation sections of the most recent release."
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "asOf": "2025-11-24",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 32.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 44.0,
      "inProgress": 283,
      "decisionsMade": 66
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2025-12-22",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 10.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 12.0,
      "inProgress": 102,
      "decisionsMade": 31
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2025-12-22",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 44.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 43.0,
      "inProgress": 280,
      "decisionsMade": 82
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-01-23",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 13.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 13.0,
      "inProgress": 111,
      "decisionsMade": 39
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-01-23",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 47.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 34.0,
      "inProgress": 286,
      "decisionsMade": 75
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-02-25",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 33.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 18.0,
      "inProgress": 123,
      "decisionsMade": 27
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-02-25",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 48.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 31.0,
      "inProgress": 279,
      "decisionsMade": 86
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-03-29",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 61.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 22.0,
      "inProgress": 135,
      "decisionsMade": 31
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-03-29",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 61.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 36.0,
      "inProgress": 299,
      "decisionsMade": 92
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-05-01",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 73.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 22.0,
      "inProgress": 143,
      "decisionsMade": 33
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-05-01",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 72.0,
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      "inProgress": 337,
      "decisionsMade": 81
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-05-30",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 90.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 22.0,
      "inProgress": 131,
      "decisionsMade": 31
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-05-30",
      "category": "remediation",
      "approvalRatePct": 79.0,
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      "inProgress": 359,
      "decisionsMade": 67
    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-06-28",
      "category": "new-build",
      "approvalRatePct": 89.0,
      "approvalWeeks": 22.0,
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    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-06-28",
      "category": "remediation",
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    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-08-01",
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    },
    {
      "asOf": "2026-08-01",
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}